Some of the problems concerning the present educational programs
which confront the institutions of higher education are, reviewed.
Resources allocation is at the root of the issue.
Budgeting orientations are presented with special emphasis on
Planning Programming Budgeting Systems. PPBS is still in its
developmental stage in the field of...
The purpose of this study was to compare differentials in housing
costs between renting and owning.
The data were obtained from a sample of 60 household heads
who were listed as retired in the city directories. They met the following
criteria: lived independently in the community, were 65 years
of...
This study is focused primarily on the development and evaluation
of the SUTOE (Self Understanding Through Occupational Exploration)
program in the State of Oregon. It cites the need for a relevant
curriculum for junior high school age youth, and reviews the philosophical
basis for development of the SUTOE course.
The...
This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles
Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating
machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas
through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement
in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself
a philosopher in the broadest...
The primary purpose of this research study was to determine whether
significant differences occurred in the amount of knowledge achieved as
a result of using Braille or compressed speech as learning modes.
Biographic/demographic characteristics such as present age, highest
educational level achieved, age at loss of vision, age at initial...
A computationally efficient algorithm has been developed for
determining exact or approximate solutions for large scale generalized
fixed charge problems. This algorithm is based on a relaxation
of the Benders decomposition procedure, combined with a linear
mixed integer programming (MIP) algorithm specifically designed to
solve the problem associated with Benders...